AH QUE (5)

Description

Biographical informationAh Que (5) was born in about 1876 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1900. He was five feet four and half inches in height.

He worked as a shopkeeper in Fremantle in 1907 (E). In 1929, Ah Que was recorded as a laundryman.

He travelled overseas three times: October 1907 to June 1909; December 1922 to November 1925; and June 1929 to May 1933 (D). [May also be Ah Que (4)]Other nameAh Que, 1876- (differentiated name)AH QUE (4) (may also be)

Ah Que (5) aged 53 in 1929 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1929/51)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1876

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1900

Employment

Job titleShopkeeperDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)FremantleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaShop keeperLaundryRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated itemAH QUE (4)Related linkNAA CEDT File 1907NAA CEDT File 1922NAA CEDT File 1929

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)

UWA Collected

AH QUE (5)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA